Mon. 07/18 - An Experiential Peek Into 2050's Weather

Heatwaves around the world are so extreme this week that one of them matches a projected forecast for 2050. Plus, MIT engineers have found a more efficient method for boiling water. And the winners of the World Emoji Awards as well as all the new emojis drafted to hit Unicode 15 in September.

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Links:

• A hypothetical weather forecast for 2050 is coming true next week (CNN)
• Met Office projections and commentary (Dr. Simon Lee, Twitter)
• A Whole Lot of Southwest Europe Is on Fire Right Now, And It's Only Getting Hotter (ScienceAlert)
• These maps show how excessively hot it is in Europe and the U.S. (Washington Post)
• UK heatwave: how to keep cool and stay safe in 40C (The Guardian)
• Scientific tips for staying cool in a heatwave (BBC Future)
• Redheads given free cinema tickets to escape heatwave on Monday and Tuesday (Yahoo News UK)
• MIT Engineers Find a Way To Save Energy and Make Water Boil More Efficiently (SciTechDaily)
• Scientists Have Found a Way to Save Energy And Boil Water More Efficiently (ScienceAlert)
• New Emojis In 2022-2023 (Emojipedia)
• World Emoji Awards
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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